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It's good and it's bad...

If you're one of those who can easily be mind fucked. I would suggest not to. But if you can use it as a motivational tool, by all means have at it. If it was available back in the day I sure as shit would have. For crying out loud, I used to review game film of upcoming opponents for hours at a time back in the day to exploit weaknesses. If only I had that kind of information at my finger tips! When I started bodybuilding I was motivated by pictures of the biggest and best of the era (Arnold and Franco)not who was competing against me in the next local contest. Now that would be counter productive my friends.

Before I won my Procard my plan was to do exactly that. Never go and look at who´s doing the show... So I did that.
UNTIL... 3 weeks out Petar Klancir won the Balkan Championships in Eastern Europe. Now all of a sudden I started getting messages from people telling me: "See! This guy is going to kick your ass!", "You´re done! Better give up right now!" and so on...
And you know what the worst part was? I only got 2 messages in English from training partners of Petar. All the others were in German. From fellow Germans who wanted to see me fail.
And that was what made me really pour all the energy I had left into those last 3 weeks. Not Petar but the fact that my own people were trying to hold me down.
To this day I haven´t gotten over that.

Don't think too much into it. Kids today have been brainwashed by marxism, which teaches people to hate those that are successful. They're easily mislead gullible dumbasses, FUCK EM!

*Kevin Levrone used to sleep under his dining room table with all of his various firearms and knives all around him when he got close to competition. The demons come out the hardest when you're in a weakened state. "Be sober, remain vigilant for I know my enemy the devil is amongst me."

Don't think too much into it. Kids today have been brainwashed by marxism, which teaches people to hate those that are successful. They're easily mislead gullible dumbasses, FUCK EM!

*Kevin Levrone used to sleep under his dining room table with all of his various firearms and knives all around him when he got close to competition. The demons come out the hardest when you're in a weakened state. "Be sober, remain vigilant for I know my enemy the devil is amongst me."

Before I won my Procard my plan was to do exactly that. Never go and look at who´s doing the show... So I did that.
UNTIL... 3 weeks out Petar Klancir won the Balkan Championships in Eastern Europe. Now all of a sudden I started getting messages from people telling me: "See! This guy is going to kick your ass!", "You´re done! Better give up right now!" and so on...
And you know what the worst part was? I only got 2 messages in English from training partners of Petar. All the others were in German. From fellow Germans who wanted to see me fail.
And that was what made me really pour all the energy I had left into those last 3 weeks. Not Petar but the fact that my own people were trying to hold me down.
To this day I haven´t gotten over that.

That’s so fucked up. I really don’t understand why people feel the need to share their negative opinions like that.

I mean...it’s one thing to see what 2 guys look like and think to yourself “oh man, guy A has no chance against guy B”, but I can’t fathom why people feel the need to go out of their way to give unsolicited opinions like that.

That’s so fucked up. I really don’t understand why people feel the need to share their negative opinions like that.

I mean...it’s one thing to see what 2 guys look like and think to yourself “oh man, guy A has no chance against guy B”, but I can’t fathom why people feel the need to go out of their way to give unsolicited opinions like that.

In my experience so far on this planet, I've realized something about human beings. The one's that lash out and pass judgement, only do so because they have already judged themselves and realized that they themselves are sub par and aren't living up to their own morals and standards; therefore, instead of looking in the mirror, they lash out so they don't have to do the hard work of fixing themselves.

Anyone can lash out at someone else, but to look in the mirror and admit that a lot needs to change is truly one of the most difficult things human beings can do.

Let he without sin cast the first stone...

Originally Posted by altered beast

in my experience so far on this planet, i've realized something about human beings. The one's that lash out and pass judgement, only do so because they have already judged themselves and realized that they themselves are sub par and aren't living up to their own morals and standards; therefore, instead of looking in the mirror, they lash out so they don't have to do the hard work of fixing themselves.

Anyone can lash out at someone else, but to look in the mirror and admit that a lot needs to change is truly one of the most difficult things human beings can do.

That has been exactly my attitude, being a huge Dorian fan. But, like I said, I couldn´t escape it.
I know exactly how Shaun feels. Trust me...

Another thing that appeared to me is that people only seem to hate you when you have made it out of the same circumstances they are still in. That was the point I was trying to make saying that all those hate mails were in German.

That is crazy. It is so strange. People are crazy about fame but once you are there in a super high place it is TOTALLY different from what they thought. Half people hate you, 25% are creepy, and the other 25% love you. HAHHA

If you're one of those who can easily be mind fucked. I would suggest not to. But if you can use it as a motivational tool, by all means have at it. If it was available back in the day I sure as shit would have. For crying out loud, I used to review game film of upcoming opponents for hours at a time back in the day to exploit weaknesses. If only I had that kind of information at my finger tips! When I started bodybuilding I was motivated by pictures of the biggest and best of the era (Arnold and Franco)not who was competing against me in the next local contest. Now that would be counter productive my friends.

Agree! Game film is one thing but staring at the people you are competing against all photoshopped on IG is not good LOL

That’s so fucked up. I really don’t understand why people feel the need to share their negative opinions like that.

I mean...it’s one thing to see what 2 guys look like and think to yourself “oh man, guy A has no chance against guy B”, but I can’t fathom why people feel the need to go out of their way to give unsolicited opinions like that.

I agree on that for sure. It is like we feel very strongly about many things but not going to rip people apart verbally. HAHHA so odd. Just screams insecurity.

Are you guys shitting me?

I was 17 when I started competing at the Sr. Level. Those guys busted my balls every chance they got. Grown men threatening me a teenager I remember catching this one guy who thought he had the show wrapped up. Wiping oil up with my warm up. I said nothing I quietly picked my shit up and went back to pumping up . So you can imagine how pissed off this guy was when a snot nosed kid handed him his ass that night. I went to different gyms to see where these fuckers trained I stalked there ass. I thrived on that shit.

I was 17 when I started competing at the Sr. Level. Those guys busted my balls every chance they got. Grown men threatening me a teenager I remember catching this one guy who thought he had the show wrapped up. Wiping oil up with my warm up. I said nothing I quietly picked my shit up and went back to pumping up . So you can imagine how pissed off this guy was when a snot nosed kid handed him his ass that night. I went to different gyms to see where these fuckers trained I stalked there ass. I thrived on that shit.

I was 17 when I started competing at the Sr. Level. Those guys busted my balls every chance they got. Grown men threatening me a teenager I remember catching this one guy who thought he had the show wrapped up. Wiping oil up with my warm up. I said nothing I quietly picked my shit up and went back to pumping up . So you can imagine how pissed off this guy was when a snot nosed kid handed him his ass that night. I went to different gyms to see where these fuckers trained I stalked there ass. I thrived on that shit.

Keep Cardio Low
Keep Food High
If you are trying to manipulate a bunch of variables the last week you are most likely setting yourself up for failure
If you aren't lean enough dont step on stage and make a donation for a $5 trophy